Pediform article



Dec. 27, 1932. w. E w T-r 1,892,300

PEDIFORM ARTICLE Filed June 11, 1929 Patented Dec. 27, 1932 lVAlLdBLE *GQPY WILLIAIYE 3'. DE WITT, OF AUBURN, 1\T EVV YORK, ASfiIGNOR TO SHOE FORM 00., IN (1., OF AUBURN, NEW YQRK, A CORPORATIOI'I OF NEVJ' YORK PEDIFORJVI ARTICLE Application filed June 11,

This application is an improvement in pediform articles and particularly in hosiery forms of the type shown in my copending application, Serial No. 344,266, filed March 5, 1929, of which this is a continuation in part, upon which hosiery ,may be displayed and which form is made of celluloid or similar material and of such contour as to presenta facsimile of the human leg and foot. The form comprises a foot portion and a leg portion which may terminate at the ankle, calf, knee or thigh as preferred. The features hereinafter disclosed are applicable to a form of any height. The object of this invention is to provide a pediform article such as a hosiery form of the general type shown in my copending application but differing therefrom in certain details of construction whereby the appearance of the article and the method of manufacture are improved, all of which details of construction will be pointed out at length in the following specification and in the drawing which forms a part thereof and in which Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a hosiery form of the calf height embodying this invention, certain parts being broken away for the purpose of clarity;

Figs. 2 and 3 are sectional views taken along the lines 22 and 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of the toe portion of the form;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating another means of uniting the shoe and leg forms;

11 and a leg form 12 which are independently manufactured, preferably from celluloid or similar material, and later assembled. The foot form 11 may be made upon a last in accordance with the practice disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 166,315,

1929. Serial 310. 870,029.

filed February '4', 1927 and the leg form 12 may be made by the method disclosed in my copending application, Serial No. 290,252, filed July 3, 1928 or by that disclosed in my conending application, Serial No. $4 1,266.

The particular methods employed form no p art of the present invention and other methods an those mentioned may be used if desired The side walls 13 of the foot form are preferably provided with a continuous inwardly projecting flange 14- which surrounds the openin in the form and the ends 15 and walls lapped to for n the heel r 15 wh ch covers a portion of the opening 1 1 form and supports a weight 18 loo of the form as shown in my ations. The weight 18 is slipped into therein pr icra y by the use of acetone or form 12 is made the 29 e line corresponding to EOCl-UDQ'. The lower eoge ing alon the back seam in 23 s ps over tl ..p r edge of the foot form 111 i e shoulder 20. A flange 24 at the upper eno f the leg form supports a luloid or ..-.inilar maend the form. n s, assem id as sh own in Fig. 1.

depr ions in the overlapping ed Q'GF; I result from the formatienof the foot RPf leg forms and the lines of joinder between the forms detract from the appearance of the complete form and present danger that the hose slipped thereon might be torn thereby. One purpose of this invention therefore is to provide a pediform article in which is eliminated or removed this condition Ullg upon the flange 1 1 is an ine toe and adhesively secured l The form material in the manner disclosed --able adhesive whereby the overlapped and oined edges are concealed and the form is caused to simulate the human leg particularly when viewed through hose of silk, lace or other sheer material. I have found that by using plastic cement or putty 30 that these depressions can be filled and the lines of joinder concealed. Figs. 2 and 3 illustrate the way the depressions formed the overlapping portions of the foot and leg forms are filled and Fig. 1 illustrates how he lines of joinder between the foot and leg forms and between the leg upright upon a surface as indicated in Fig. 1.

Moreover, the form 12 terminates at its upper end in a surface of such slope that the form may be inverted and will remain in that position without need of any external brace or support. Fig. 6 illustrates this feature in connection with a form 10 of thigh height.

Fig. discloses one way of uniting a foot form 11 with a leg form 12 made from a tube in the manner disclosed in my application Serial. No. 344,266 to produce the form shown in Fig. 6. The form 11 terminates at its upper edge in a flange 19 upon which rests a flange 35 with which the lower edge of the form 12 terminates it being, of course, understood that the contours of the forms at the point of joinder substantially agree. The flanges 19" and 35 are united by the use of acetone or other suitable material and the line of joinder concealed by the cement 30 so that the completed form may be finished in the same manner as the form previously described.

In place of using the cement 30 the depressions made by the overlapping plies and lines of joinder may be completely concealed by dissolving the edges of the outer layers of material with acetone or similar solvent and smoothing them down to fill the depressions. This is illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawing in which the edge of the outer ply 40 is dissolved so that it fills the depression which had been formed and forms an integral union with the inner ply l1. When suitably coated the form presents the finished appearance of a unitary article.

Forms made in accordance With this invention being of celluloid or similar material are elastically yieldable so that when a stocking is drawn over a form it will yield to pressure in substantially the same Way as when drawn over the human leg. The form is of calf height while the form 10 is of thigh height being of a length suflicient to receive and hold distended substantially the entire length of a womans stocking and comprising the foot form 11 and the leg form 12 The leg form 12 is of thin resilient seamless tubular celluloid and has substantially the contour of a human leg including the calf, knee and a portion of the thigh. Forms of other heights can be made if desired and I am not limited to the particular heights here shown and described.

The employment of the plate to close the top of the form and of the plastic cement to improve the appearance of the form, fill the depressions in the outer surface and conceal lines ofjoinder is not limited to hosiery forms particularly shown and described but may be applied to any pediform articles without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A hollow pediform article comprising a foot form having an opening at the toe portion and a leg form united into a composite form, said foot form having at its toe portion an inwardly projecting flange, an insole attached to said flange and covering the opening in the toe portion of the foot form and a weight resting upon said insole.

2. A hollow pediform article comprising a foot form having an opening at the toe portion and a leg form united into a composite form, said foot form having at its toe portion an inwardly projecting flange, an insole attached to said flange and covering the open ing in the toe portion of the foot form and a weight resting upon said insole, and rigidly secured thereto.

3. A hosiery form simulating the human leg and foot, the bottom of the toe port-ion being flat and having a weight in the forepart of the toe portion so that the form stands upright thereon with the heel higher than the toe, and the leg portion terminating at its upper end in a planar surface so inclined to the body of the form that when the form is inverted to rest on such surface it will stand unsupported in such inverted position, the weight in said toe portion acting to hold the form in such position.

Signed by me at Auburn, New York, this 28th day of May, 1929.

lVILLIAM J. DE VVITT. 

